EventBox. It’s a great idea - roll all the social/distracting applications in your life into one app so you can close it when it comes time to focus. Yesterday, I decided to give it a go.
I quickly felt that perhaps it was not for me. I think it comes down to posture - how is the app intended to be used? I’ve been using Twitterific and NetNewsWire for quite some time (5+ years in the case of the latter), so let’s compare with their posture:
- NetNewsWire is meant to scan feeds, collect the interesting stuff, read it, repeat
- Twitterific is (beautifully) optimized for scan tweets, reply to a few, post occasionally
- EventBox seems to encourage scanning things, handling the occasional item in-situ, and sending the interesting stuff to your browser
I’m not saying that EventBox’s posture is wrong; it’s just different. I’m going to stick with it for a few days and see how I feel about it.
